882
Calendar year
Pope Marinus I (882–884)
Year 882 (DCCCLXXXII ) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events
By place
Europe
January 20 – King Louis the Younger dies in Frankfurt . He leaves his territory to his younger brother, Emperor Charles the Fat , who becomes sole ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom .
April 11 – Battle of Remich : A Frankish army under Bishop Wala of Metz is defeated by Vikings , who are on a raid , near Remich (modern Luxembourg ). During the fighting Wala is killed.
Siege of Asselt : Charles the Fat besieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along the Meuse , the Rhine and the Moselle . He defeats their leader Godfrid , and grants him West Frisia .
August 5 – King Carloman II becomes sole ruler of the West Frankish Kingdom , after the accidental death of his brother, Louis III . His power is limited by rebellious nobles in Burgundy .
Oleg of Novgorod takes Kiev , and makes it his capital, forming the Kievan Rus' .
Britain
King Alfred the Great increases the size of his new navy, and sails out to attack four Viking ships . Two of the ships are captured (before they surrender), and the other crews are killed.[ 1]
Arabian Empire
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
January 20 – Louis the Younger , king of the East Frankish Kingdom
August 5 – Louis III , king of the West Frankish Kingdom
December 16 – John VIII , pope of the Catholic Church
December 21 – Hincmar , archbishop of Reims (b. 806 )
Ainbíth mac Áedo , Dál Fiatach king of Ulaid (Ireland )
Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad al-Jarrah , Muslim vizier
Ansgarde of Burgundy , Frankish queen (or 880 )
Chen Tao , Chinese poet (b. 824 )
Eric Anundsson , Swedish king (approximate date)
Eudokia Ingerina , Byzantine empress (approximate date)
Duan Yanmo , Chinese warlord (approximate date)
García Íñiguez I , king of Pamplona (approximate date)
Guaram Mampali , Georgian Bagratid prince
Lambert III , Frankish nobleman (b. 830 )
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